The demolition of the Mughrabi Quarter may have been the first act of Israeli Occupation, but it was merely the continuation of policy of ethnic cleansing that began twenty years before and continues apace until this day.

As Ha'aretz says, the shooter is not being investigated for a criminal offense and now a good portion of Israeli Jews have heard a plausible and completely wrong explanation of how and why a Palestinian was killed.

The idea is simple, modeled after the boycotts that helped end South Africa's apartheid and America's formal segregation. Around the world, communities, campuses, and families boycott Israeli products and divest from Israeli war profiteers.

Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom said at the UN last week "Quite a high number of countries are actually interested in saying we have to break the deadlock that has been on this issue for so many years."